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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoI stopped being the one who called - and within eight months I had confirmed, without a single confrontation, exactly which friendships were real - Silicon Canals
Friendship maintenance can often stem from anxiety rather than genuine connection, revealing the disparity in perceived reciprocity among friends.
Growth hacking
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThe people who look most successful on the outside often have no idea what they're doing - they just learned early that confidence and competence look identical from a distance - Silicon Canals
The gap between perceived success and actual competence is significant, often leading to overconfidence in those with limited knowledge.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoMost people don't realize that the dishonest people in their lives rarely lie about facts - they lie about their intentions, and that specific distinction is why you keep feeling confused rather than simply hurt - Silicon Canals
Intention lies involve sharing true facts with hidden motives, making them difficult to detect.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology says people who never post on social media but check it every day aren't passive - they opted out of the performance while keeping the window, and keeping the window without paying the price is the most rational position available and the one the platform was specifically designed to make feel antisocial - Silicon Canals
Silent scrollers on social media actively choose to observe rather than post, demonstrating discipline and self-control contrary to common perceptions.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology says the most self-centered people in any room aren't the ones who talk loudest - they're the ones who respond to every story you tell with a story about themselves, so automatically and so consistently that they've long since stopped noticing they do it - Silicon Canals
Self-absorbed individuals often hijack conversations by redirecting focus to their own experiences, showing a lack of empathy for others.
fromSecurityWeek
4 days agoMITRE Releases Fight Fraud Framework
"These incidents involve the intentional use of deceptive or illegal practices to fraudulently obtain money, assets, or information from individuals or institutions, and include actions carried out over cyber channels."
Information security
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology says the most damaging people in your life are rarely the obviously cruel ones - they're the ones who were kind just often enough to keep you doubting your own perception - Silicon Canals
Intermittent reinforcement creates confusion and self-doubt, making it difficult for individuals to recognize toxic relationships.
#manipulation
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoNobody warns you that the fakest people you'll ever meet won't be the obvious ones - they'll be the ones who remember your birthday, ask about your kids, and make you feel seen right up until the moment their kindness stops being useful to them - Silicon Canals
Fake niceness can be a strategic manipulation to create indebtedness rather than genuine connection.
#cybersecurity
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
1 week ago3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don't See It Coming)
Cyber attackers increasingly exploit legitimate tools within environments, making detection difficult and expanding the attack surface organizations must manage.
Miscellaneous
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoPsychology says the thing most people lie about on Monday morning - "how was your weekend" - falls into one of these 6 categories, and the specific lie a person tells reveals which part of their life they're performing and which part they're protecting - Silicon Canals
People tell patterned lies about their weekends to colleagues, revealing deeper anxieties about how they're perceived at work.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Hacker News
1 month agoResearchers Trick Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes
AI-powered agentic web browsers can be manipulated through their reasoning processes to bypass security measures and fall victim to phishing attacks within minutes.
Online marketing
fromZDNET
1 month agoWatch this, get rich, lose it all - 8 ways to spot and avoid investment scams on Meta
A Russian-speaking cybercriminal network operates 300+ malvertising campaigns across 25 countries using fake Meta ads impersonating trusted media brands and celebrities to lure victims into investment scams.
#imposter-syndrome
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoI stopped calling it imposter syndrome when I realized the feeling wasn't that I didn't belong in the room. The feeling was that every room I'd ever entered had rules I had to decode in real time while everyone else seemed to have received the manual in advance. That's not an imposter problem. That's a class problem. - Silicon Canals
Imposter syndrome often reflects the reality of navigating environments designed for those with class advantages, not a psychological deficiency.
Psychology
fromThe Gottman Institute
4 weeks agoWhat If Imposter Syndrome Is a Relationship Problem? Applying Gottman Research to the Self
Imposter syndrome may function like a troubled internal relationship where your mind habitually scans for failure while dismissing accomplishments and positive evidence of capability.
Psychology
fromOpen Culture
3 weeks agoWhy Smart People Feel Like Frauds: The Psychology of Impostor Syndrome and Its Hidden Benefits
Incompetent individuals often overestimate their competence, while highly competent individuals may doubt their abilities, reflecting the Dunning-Kruger effect and impostor syndrome.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago7 phrases that sound caring but are actually a self-centred person redirecting the conversation back to themselves - and the one most people fall for every time is the phrase that begins with "I totally understand because I..." followed by a story that replaces yours entirely - Silicon Canals
Conversational narcissism redirects focus to the speaker, often disguised as empathy, making it difficult to recognize.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoSocial psychologists found that the people others describe as 'intimidating' are almost never aggressive - they're simply present in a way that makes performative people uncomfortable, because authenticity exposes pretense without saying a word - Silicon Canals
Presence and attentiveness are often mislabeled as intimidation; genuinely dangerous people typically display charm and surface warmth rather than quiet composure.
fromPCWorld
1 month agoPhishing scammers weaponize ICE ragebait
The email seen by at least some customers of the Emma email platform was a phishing scam. Hackers hoped to inspire instant panic with the words, 'As part of our commitment to supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), we will be adding a Support ICE donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform.'
Information security
fromTechCrunch
1 month agoFYI: Impersonators are (still) targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach | TechCrunch
Impostors are impersonating our reporters to extract sensitive business information from unsuspecting targets. In several cases we know about, scammers have adopted the identity of actual staff members, crafting what looks like a standard media inquiry about a company's products and requesting an introductory call.
Information security
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoCharismatic and extremely confident': how to recognise and handle a psychopath
Psychopathic and dark personality traits exist on a continuum across all social levels, from families to institutions, affecting approximately 1% of the general population at clinical levels.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago10 subtle behaviors that reveal someone isn't actually a good person, even if everyone likes them - Silicon Canals
I spent years interviewing people for my articles, and one pattern kept emerging: The most likeable people weren't always the kindest. After ending a friendship with someone who constantly competed with me while maintaining a perfect public persona, I started paying attention to the subtle behaviors that reveal someone's true character. These aren't obvious red flags like cruelty or dishonesty. They're the small, easily overlooked actions that slowly poison relationships and environments.
Relationships
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoPeople who seem kind but are actually mean underneath usually display these 8 subtle behaviors - Silicon Canals
Some people disguise meanness as kindness by offering conditional help, weaponizing favors, and feigning concern while gossiping to control or belittle others.
Relationships
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoRomance fraud: warning over scam that turns victims into insurance cheats
Scammers recruit romantic partners into staged accidents or fake insurance claims to exploit victims' identities and trigger fraudulent payouts, harming victims' insurance and credit records.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoI'm a retired Boomer and I just watched my smartest friend lose everything to a scam-here are 9 ways they got to him that could get to anyone - Silicon Canals
Last month, I sat across from one of the brightest people I know as he explained how he'd lost nearly everything to a sophisticated scam. This wasn't some naive teenager or technophobe. This was my friend from university days, a retired executive who'd navigated corporate politics for decades and made shrewd investment decisions his whole life. Watching him piece together how it happened was like watching someone solve a puzzle in reverse.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months agoThe 10 barely noticeable things people do when they're pretending to like you but secretly wish you'd leave - Silicon Canals
You know that feeling when you're talking to someone and something just feels... off? They're smiling, nodding, saying all the right things, but there's this invisible wall between you. I used to dismiss this gut instinct until I started paying closer attention during my interviews with hundreds of people over the years. The patterns became impossible to ignore. We've all been there, either giving or receiving these subtle signals.
Psychology
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